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The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

that YOU and all the people here have
been frightened ut shadows. Captain
Willis talked with me freely about that
house, and the stories of its being
haunted; but he did not believe word
of it,"
Not believe it. sir, Why he told
them yarns himself, all over town"
He told me that, too; but he did
that for certain purpose. may tell
the people here what it was. some
day"
"Captn Willis not believe the house
was spooky" the sailor repeated,
dwelling upon the Incredible fact.
why, he came back to it himself aft
or he was dead! Mrs. Willis and her
da'tcr saw him."
"lou'rc certainly wrong there. my
old friend. Both Of them tell me that
they saw nothing of the kind"
Tom Burt was staggered. He looked
from the speaker To the house. rs
though expecting that the latter might
suddenly take wings and soar aloft
The cherished delusions Of himself and
his mates were one by one being mcr-
ciIcssly destroyed by this unbclever.
Still he would not yield
"But them wimmcn heard shoutinS
that highland scrcechius- hidg-
cous lailin-and pistols"
"To he sure they did. Tom; and
l,,,t Al 4.
| have fully satisfied both these ladies
that they We're most cruelty and
brutally imposed upon by black
hearted scoundrC!. for his own GRIM
inal ends. If the ladies come back
here next summer, as they may. we
shall probably have to make the whole
curious story public, so rs to clear the
house Of its bad name"
Tom stared at the speaker in blank
and hopeless incrcdulty.
The fact seems to be-" Crawford
continued. 'that houses are very much
like dogs in the provcrb. Only give
one bad name-and it will stick
Everybody in Provincctown talks
about the Lobdcll place being haunted;
but it's all rumor and gossip Nobody
has seen or heard any thing that de-
serves even To be examined"
That's where you're wrong. sir
wrong as wrong can be-
Tom spoke up triumphantly. and
dashed down his hat to emphasize the
assertion.
''Wlat do You mcan?"
80, I'll tell yc-rll tell We. nv Young
sir; and then see if you'll he So pert an
clipper in laughin' NJ the things that's
been maxim the Provincct'n folks
creep! You want 20 know who's
heard or seen any thing from that old
house worth noticin'. Well, Ihavc."
'lndeed?' qur"icd Crawford. good
humorcdly. Now, don't give me any
secondhand gossip, Mr., Burt"
Il saw and heard it myself. tell
you! Groaning ard moaning like as
the iicnd himself had II holt of a man,
cryingto the Lord to help R--whatev.r
IL was-beGging not To he lot To- die
and all scch! just tell Won. young sir.
II you'd heard en-. you'd shut up OH
haunted houses. | reckon"
where did these noises seem To
come from?'
From the cellar 81 the old part.
got down Ia the ground aud listened
by that sunk window there. where the
loose dirt has filled up nearly to the
top II the sash"
The old cellar" Crawford c,-
claimed. with sudden interest. when
was ihiss See II you can liz the time
exactly"
~ ieeknn can, II WV. bou, neycn
4" clock 1T uas nigh, IL the 10y l,.s. the
ssn'mla lett lhs hnnse
Nv ~ ,osns-snl
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

TIE forest lands of the United Sia:oS,
excluding Alaska. embrace so. coo. 0Qu
acres. or ~ per cent. al the entire
area. The formers own about 80. per
cent. of the forcs: area, or some 49,
OOO. coo acres The rest is owned by
railr"ad corporations. mine owners.
charcoal burners. tannerics. lumhcr-
men ard spectators.
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

Tx New Orleans States ,icnir, that
III" present industrial development, Of
the Suutl, is due To Northern capital
and enterprise. II says thai only a
small portion Of the money now en-
p!"y"d in developing the coal AMI iron
industries of the South has cone from
thu Nnrth
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

FARMERS may now drive wells Il, nu-
merouSIy aS they like on their lands.
with no royalty sharks to mo!cs, them
or make them afraid. Not in II great
many years have country people 50
thoroughly realized the benefits Of deep
wells us during the present long dry
season in the West, lasting upwards Of
six months
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

Rrv. Mn. BERRY. ot England, called
Ia Plymouth Church. was born in 1852.
The son Of u rabinct-m tker. he was
given n good college "lucatiou. and ~
the age of twenty-thrtc was the popu.
lar pastor of u large congregation at
Bolton,
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

that YOU and ali the people here have
been frightened at shadows. Captain
Willis talked with me freely about that
house, and the stories of its being
haunted; but he did not believe Il word
Of II -
The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1887-12-16

"Not believe it, sir, Why he told
them yarns himself, all over town"
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HOUSE AND FAR RM.
4 Neglected Crop.

1t would be better for us if we con-
siiered the manure made on the farm
us Il crop; and it is strange that we do
not do so, for it is product Of the
farm and has money value as much
us corn or hay or cotton. When we
once consider manure as q crop, we
will take just as much pride in max
ing q big crop of manure rs of corn
and we will no more allow part of the
manure crop to go to waste than we
would part Of the wheat or hay crop.
Generally but little can be charged
against the production of the manure
crop; all the cost is often the expense
of harvesting gathering and storing)
this crop. On The most fertile farms
this crop is worth to the farmer sever,
al times the cost of harvesting it. The
clcanly man will harvest Il large man.
ure crop, because he will gather up all
refuse and put it in the compost heap.
He will have clean stables, clean
barns, clean yard-a clean farm; and
cleanliness is the preserver Of health.
Thus we see that while the wheat or
potato crop supplies strength and ell
ergy, the manure crop, closely gather
ed and well kept, prevents the agents
of disease from stealing away that
strength. Pride in the manure crop
goeth before wealth and health.
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Miss Positive.

The girls called her that because she
was always 50 sure she was right. Hel
real name was Ida. In Miss Hartley's
school the scholars each said u verse
from the Bible every morning at pray
ers. One morning Ida had such q
funny verse it made the scholars all
laugh, and even Miss Hartley had to
pucker her lips little to keep sober.
This was the verse, repeated in Ida's
gravest tone: "It never rains but it
pours."
Now, all the girls knew enough
about the Bible to he sure there was no
such verse in it, except Ida: she was
'just as sure it was in the Bible as she
was that she had two feet" so she
said land if they didn't believe it,
they might ask Miss Hartley at once"
So at recess they all asked Miss Hart.
ley at once:
Miss Hartley, is there such Il
verse ?" Miss Hartley, there isn't,
is there?"
And Miss Hartley had to say that,
so far as she had read the Bible OF
heard it read, she certainly had never
heard any such verse in. it. But Miss
Positive was not convinced. She
shook her brown head and said she
could not help it; it was in the Bible
in the book of Proverbs-and she
could bring the book to school and
show them. Miss Hartley said this
would be the very best thing to do
So the next day came Ida, looking
pleased and happy, with little bit o
book in her hand, and pointing hel
finger in triumph to the verse in large
letters at never rains but it pours. u
but, dear child" said Miss Hart.
ley, "Oh yes, indeed" said Ida "it is
out of the Bible, every word Of it.
Don't you see it says Proverbs on the
cover? Everybody knows that Pro.
verbs is in the Bible"
Then the girls all laughed again
and Miss Hartley explained that the
book was collection of the wise say
ings of different men, and that they
were called proverbs" because they
had so much meaning in them and
were used so much. After q good deal
Of talk Ida had to own that she wa:
mistaken, and that there was not q
word of the Bible in her book from be-
ginning to end. Then how her naugh'
ty little playmates teased her!
At the play-hour they buzzed around
her like so many mosquitoes, and gig
gled, and asked her if "she got caught
in the rain," and if it "poured hard
to-day" and ever so many other silly
things that they seemed to think were
funny.
Ida stood it very well. At last she
said, "I've got a verse for tomorrow
that is surely in the Bible; Uncle Ed
found it for me: 'Seta watch, o Lord,
before my mouth; keep the door OF
my lips And, girls, in spite of all
your teasing Pm going to try to keep
the door shut.n Then all the owners
of those naughty tongues slipped
away, one by one, looking ashamed
1t was not the thing to say so much
just about mistake.
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A Tested Remedy.

1t is related that Bishop Kavanaugh
was one day walking, when he met a
prominent physician, who offered him
a seat in his carriage. The physician
was an infidel, and the conversion
turned upon religion.
"I am surprised" said the doctor,
"that such al intelligent man as you
should believe such an old fable as
that"
The Bishop said: doctor, suppose
years ago some one had recommended
to you prescription for pulmonary
consumption, and you had procured
the prescription and taken it accord
ing to order, and had been cured OF
that terrible disease, what would you
say Of the man who would not try
your prescription ?''
81 should say lie was fool"
"Twcnty-five years ago." said Ka-
vanaugh, II tried the power Of Gods
grace. It made different man of me.
All of these years l have preached sal
vation, and wherever accepted have
never known it to fail"
What could a doctor say to such q
testimony as that? And such testi-
monies are what men need to turn
them from the error of their ways to
the personal experience of the saving
power Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
"How would you prove the divinity
Of Christi" said some ministers to q
young backwoods preacher whom they
were examining.
"What" said he, puzzled by their
question.
"How would you prove the divinity
of Christi"
"Why, He sarcd n1y soW," was tile
triumphant reply.
But to give thi answer one must he
saved, and know it in his heart, and
show it in his life, and he then be-
comes living epistle known and read
of all men.
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SIS God Here 2"

A young man had been extremely
profane, and thought little of the mat.
ter. After his marriage to high
minded, lovely wife, the habit appear
ed to him in a different light, and he
made spasmodic efforts to conquer it.
But not until q few months ago did he
become victor, when the glowing evil
was set before him, by little Incl
dent, in its real and shocking sinful
ness.
One Sunday morning standing; be-
fore the mirror shaving, the razor slip
ped, inflicting a slight wound. True
to his fixed habit he calculated the sim
gle word "Godw and was not a little
amazed and chagrined to see reflected
in the mirror the pretty picture of his
little three-year-old daughter, as lay
ing her dolly hastily down she sprang
from her seat on the floor; eXclaiming
as she looked eagerly and eXpectantly
about the room, "Is Dod here?n
Pale and ashamed, and at loss fol
a better answer, he simply said,
"Whym
"Cause I thought he was when ]
heard you speak to him."
Then noticing the sober look on his
face and the tears of shame in his eyes
as he gazed down into the innocent.
radiant face, she patted him lovingly
on the hand, eXclaiming assuringly,
Call him again, papa, and I dess he
surely come"
Oh, how every syllable of the child's
trusting words cut to the heart the
still, small voice was heard ut last.
Catching the wondering child up in
his arms he knelt down, and for the
first time i'm his life implored of God
forgiveness for past oflenses and guid'
ance for all his future life, thanking
Him in fervent spirit that he had not
'surely come" before, in answer to
some of his awful blasphemies. Sure
ly "a little child shall lead them."
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VOLUME XXXII. NO. Is.
Sleep.

When the time comes, and you ell
ter on the business of sleep, attend to
1t with ali your heart and soul and
mind and strength. Here is the bed
all ready for you, and you are ready
for it. Put out the light, tumble into
bed, pull up the coverings, and 60 to
sleep. You are not to review the past
or look forward into the future. You
are not to think of anything but sleep.
You are to go to sleep, and, if you can,
you arc to stay asleep until the morn
ing comes. And so soon as you can
teach yourself that sleep is q duty,
and central duty, that it is not an ac-
cident, all incident, or mere bit Of
good fortune, the more able you will
be to keep yourself in training at this
critical moment, and to refuse all
temptation to carry OH the business of
the day in the hours of the night
hours which are reserved for very
different affair. The restoration of en-
ergy, which sleep alone can afford, is
necessary for the maintenance of ner-
vous vigor; and, whereas, the muscu-
lar system if overtaXed at last refuses
to work, the brain, under similar cir
cumstances, too frequently refuses to
rest.
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What the Arkansas BackWOOdS PeO
ple Think Of Our MilliOnaireS.

The rural idea of the manner in
which the Astors and Vanderbilts live
is amusing and will doubtless be high
ly flattering to the persons named. a
man travelling "down in ArkansaW"
heard two old women talking before Il
cabin door. One of them, with clay
pipe between her lips, said:
ut do beat all how some folkses has
everything mortal body could asst
fer, while others, like you an me, Mis-
Peterby, is poor'n Jobs turkey all the
born days of our lives. Now, you've
heern tell of them Nanderbilts an
Astors there in New York, amt you"'
Dunno but 1 hev," said Mis- Peter
'"Well, I've lately hcern some things
bout how they carry on. My man he
got it straight from Himri Perkins, an
Zim he got it from his wife's mothers
uncle's nevvy, who takes paper
printed in New York, so it must be
true"
II amt doubt Of it,
"WeIl, if you'll b'lccve me, old Mis-
Vanderbilt don't rurtcnt even to wash
her own dishes. She don't even make
her own bed-her nor Mis- Astor ncith-
er, and they both sleep in pink vel vet
night gowns trimmed in lace at a
thousand dollars yard, and embroid-
cred in diamints that cost millions on
millions"
"The good land!"
eyes, sir. An Mis- Astor's bed-stid
is solid gold with dammit knobs on it
as big rs goose eggs, an every time
she goes ont she has twenty coal black
horses hitched to her solid gold chary-
OF, an, she stands up in it dressed III
white satin with her hair hanging
down her back, 4 throwin' so gold
pieces to the beggals."
"Naw?"
"Deed an its true-evcry word of it..
And when Mr.. and Mrs. Vanderbilt
goes out they have their carriage
drawn by forty milkwhite stecds with
q coal-black nigger with a dammit
ring i'm his nose leading every horse !;
and Vanderbilt he lays back on his
velvet cushion smokin' q pipe that
cost clean billion"
"You don't mean it."
81 do that. Oh. tell you Us fine
thing to be rich, Mis- Peterby; an |
reckon as like as not you and med
carry on jest like that if we only had
the means to do it with"
'Like enuff, like enuf1-anyhow, /
know I'd have me q good green and
red gingham gown, and all the salt
mack'rel could eat fer once"
"And I'd git me some genuine
Scotch snuff and some red glass bobs,
T would."-TOlcdO Blade.
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Wealth of the United States.

According to DR.. Strong, the wealth
of the United States is phenomenal.
In 1880 it was valued at S43, "a, ,000, 600,
more than enough to buy the Russian
and Turkish Empires, the kingdoms
of Sweden and Norway, Denmark
and Italy, together with Australia,
South Africa and all South America,
lands, mines, cities, palaces, facto-
ries, ships, flocks, herds, jewels, mon
eys, thrones, scepters, diadems and all
the entire possessions Of 1S7, ,0O0, ,000
people. According to the same au-
thority the Christians of America are
the richest Christians on the globe.
Their wealth, in 1880, amounted to
$S, 72S, 100000. From 1870 to 1850 the
average increase of wealth of the
Christians in the United States was
1851, 74O, 900. And yet many churches
and individuals plead poverty when
urged to do something for missions.
Men who are adding farm to farm,
and field to field, can do nothing for
the worlds redemption. People who
live in luxury and fare sumptuously
every day cannot afford to give any
thing for this cause. They have mon-
ey with which to indulge their appe-
tites, but none for the furtherance of
the Gospel. There are churches that
are poor and growing poorer, simply
because they do not give according to
their ability. There are rich men
whose souls are being eaten up by the
canker of covetousness. IF we were
filled with the Spirit Of Christ, the
plea of poverty would never be urged.
The Christian people of America could
easily give $500, 200, 900 year for mis-
sions. The plea of poverty is false
plea. We are by all odds the richest
nation OH the globe, and are growing
richer most perilously fast. The cause
of missions is our only safety valve.
There are 1000, 100000 human souls
waiting for the Gospel; let us do our
duty and we will he blessed and pros
percd far beyond anything we have
asked or even thong ught.-Erchange.
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co Nj MON $.
Shower and Sunshine

Only Il little cloud that came
One merry, sunny day.
And hid lli. light from childish eyes,
And drove the itin from play.
Some irtSty words, Il irnwn, Il blow!
Two little mates apart,
Two little cn,.Scirnc.'> which laid
\ Stone on each sore heart.
The skies were blnc. the >unbeamS glad
Up in the sky above,
But down he.0w how dark it grew!
Ard all fo. lack of love:
FIom Robbie's eyes the rain fell fast,
An "April shower You know.
While TOmmic MOHya he didn't care
For hurting Rob5i" SD.
But all the while that little stone
Upon his heart kept weighing,
And made him feel IL though all fun
Had vanished from his playing.
Along came little "SunShinc,' with
Her little heart and eyes
AS full of love and pity rs
Were SunbcamS in the skies.
To Robbie went the comforter,
And whispered In his car,
"No matter nrho began it, Rob,
Just go and tell him. dear,
That YOH are sorry, and, perhaps,
Tom will be sorry, too,
And that. think, will cure your hand:
IdgO If were YOU
Did Robbie take the good advice
His gentle sister gave?
And lift his stone from off his heart,
It's further pain to save?
think he did for presently
The cloud had passed away
And back again the sunshine came
To make II merry day.
The Chmchman.
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WHAT SHALL WE Do WITH Our
SoNs?-Give them good education.
Teach them to he brave, strong and
true. Teach them to respect women
and treat them as their equals. Teach
them to be pure in thought, deed and
action, to despise meanness and false
hood. Teach them to he self-support-
ing and ashamed of idleness. Show
them the way to love nature, to love
the sunshine, exercise in the flesh air
and honorable work. Teach them to
spend their evening ut home or in good
society, and never go into the haunts
of vice and sin. Teach them all the
virtues, none of the vices, and they
will, when you are old and ready to
depart, rise up and call you blessed.
Is the world molding the Church or
the Church lifting the world? This is
n question that has been asked with a
good deal of earncstness lately, and ii
is not yet answered satisfactorily.
How is it with yourself and your own
church and neighborhood?
Of all the passions, jealousy is that
which exacts the hardest service and
pays the bitterest wages. It's service
is To watch the success of our enemy ;
its wages, to be sure of it.
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Over Supply is Not Hospitality.

Never overload plate nor over sup
ply q table. 1t is vulgar hospitality.
At small dinner no one should hesl-
ate to ask for more if lie desires it. 1t
will only be considered a 1attering
tribute to the dish. At large compa-
nies, where there is necessarily. a
greater variety of dishes, the most vo-
racious appetite must be satisfied with
a little of each.
The French understand better than
the people of any other nation how to
supply a table. Their small family
dinners are gems of perfection. There
is plenty for every person, yet every
morsel is eaten. The flowers or plants
are fresh and odoriferous; the linen is
a marvel of whiteness; the dishes are
few, but perfect of their kind.
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PERTINEST.-A writer in the Chris
tan Register intcrposes the following:
"The great cry of the day is to make
the church Interesting to young peo-
ple. This is, indeed, all absolute ne
cessity to the survival of the church !;
but let us be careful IN aUhdt we inter-
est them. 1t is easy enough to interest
them in church fairs, concerts, socials,
lectures and literary societies; but let
the church take care, among other
things, to interest them in rc(igiOn.
1t is of 10 use to attract young people
to the church, if the attractive forces
are love of pleasure and social enjoy
ment. While we have been making
the church Il means of education, cul-
ture and social improvement, while
we have been including within its sa-
cred walls something of the lecture
room, the music hall and the dinner
party WI at is becoming of the poor
to whom Christ preached the gospel :?
Do they come to our socials and litcra-
ry societies?
No soul can preserve the bloom and
delicacy of its existence without lone
ly musings and silent prayer, and the
greatness of this necessity is in pro-
portion to the greatness of the soul.
The busy fool is one that had rather
break his head ut his neighbor's door
than keep it whole at home.
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A Fortunate Escape.

One of the most important words in
the language is mop if it is only
used at the right time ard place. The
Tennessee Herald tells of a young
lady who knew where to place the
word:
"Miss Josephine B--may have
sore heart, but she has q sound head.
She lives at Fulton, near Syracuse
About year ago she became acqualnt-
ed with a young man in Bay City,
Michigan. They were to be married
in October, and day or two since, he
arrived at Fulton, too full of utter
ance.' When she discovered that he
was drunk, she ordered him to be re.
moved. Her father removed him,
gave him his supper, lodging and
breakfast, took him to the station and
advised him to return to Michigan
and reform. The young woman now
congratulates herself OIL the fact that
it will not be necessary for her to get 6
divorce in year or two OH account O
drunkenness and cruelty"
Many other girls will do we'll to fol
low this example. A moderate-drink
ing lover makes drunken husband
and it is easier to discard the love-
than to get free from the husband.